Tuesday, November 18, 2014

11-18-14 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday,
November 18th, and this is the Jive at Five – Our daily community calendar and
run down of night time programming, here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown, your
station for NPR, Pacifica, independent and local public affairs by day and the
best in free-form community programming week-nights and weekends.

I’m Mike Liseo, Thanks
for joining us!

Here’s a rundown of
some of what’s going on in our area this week:

Right now, the Center for the Arts at Wesleyan is
hosting an opening reception for “Create and Curate,” a student-organized
exhibition of their own current work at the Davison Art Center at 5 p.m.
Then at 9 p.m., graduate music student Jason Brogan links together thought,
noise, and improvisation in “The View From Nowhere” in World Music Hall.
On Thursday at 7p.m , you can catch a concert: called the The Happening 14: featuring
Students in the “Materials and Principles of Jazz Improvisation I,” class
under the direction of Pheeron Aklaff. On
Friday at 9 in Memorial Chapel, “The Slot,” when the MIDI system of the concert
organ goes live on the Web! On Saturday
at 6, the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble presents “Classical Music of Central Java”
at World Music Hall. And at 8, the University Orchestra and Choir present
their symphonic repertoire at Crowell Concert Hall. On Sunday at 7, their
three East Asian ensembles, including the Chinese Music Ensemble, the Korean
Drumming Ensemble, and the Taiko Drumming Ensemble, present “Music from East
Asia” at Crowell Concert Hall. Next Monday at 4:15, their Muslim Women’s
Voices at Wesleyan series continues with an artist talk by Egyptian artist
Ghada Amer, who will discuss female figures on canvas. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.

At the Buttonwood
Tree, here in Middletown, tonight, there’s Laughter Yoga at 6 p.m.
Tomorrow/ Wednesday at 7pm, the Middlesex Drum Circle gathers at The Buttonwood.
Extra percussion instruments are available. On Friday at 7 the Jocelyn
Pleasant Quartet performs “Medusa,” featuring her signature percussion
talents. The “Aligned With Source” workshop, led by Annaita Ghandy,
continues on Saturday morning at 10:30, with this week’s theme being
“Gratitude.” On Saturday, the gypsy reggae duo HannaH’s Field and Secret
Sage take the stage for a Positive Acoustic Night. Every Monday morning,
the Hearing Voices Network meets at the Buttonwood at 10:30 a.m www.buttonwood.org

On Sundays, Food Not
Bombs serves food outside the Buttonwood Tree around 1pm. All are welcome to
enjoy the meal and to help prepare it, beforehand, at First Church on Court
Street in Middletown at 11:30am. You can learn more at:www.foodnotbombs.net

Down in New Haven, at
Café Nine tonight, The Safes and Spectral Fangs take the stage for a 9pm show.
On Wednesday, Uncertainty Music Series presents Jon Eriksen and others for an
8:30 show. Thursday’ night Café Nine presents “Mind Over Master”, “VRSA”, and “Goat
Herder”. Friday at 5 you can catch an early set with Victor Roland,
followed at 8 by the Full Blast Productions presentation of Hip Hop Haven 3
featuring over 15 MCs from the area. Café Nine’s Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam
Session will be hosted by the George Baker Band then later at 9pm The Wagon
Riders and DJ Dave Coon take the stage. On Sunday’s at noon Café nine presents
the Ball and Socket Arts Fundraiser, followed by The Original Sunday Night Jam
with The Morris Trent Band at 8. www.cafenine.com.

Also in New Haven, at
Toad’s Place, tonight you can catch the “Kill the Noise with Botnek, Two Fresh
and more opening the show. Thursday, The Revivalists, and Red Wanting
Blue take the Toad’s stage. Friday’s show headlines Shakedown, and brings
you The Dead and Beyond, Carbonated Insight, and Solistic. On Saturday at
9:30 there’s the Bright Night 8 Electric Glow Party. On Sunday Jacob
Whitesides and others take the stage for an early show at 2, with VIP Packages
available. www.toadsplace.com.

Up in Hartford, at
Blackeyed Sally’s , on Tuesdays Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece
band, works out new material on the Black-eyed Sally’s Stage. Sally’s
longstanding Wednesday night blues jam will be hosted by Tommy Whalen this
week. Friday night’s 9:00 show headlines studio drummer Yonrico Scott .
Saturday’s featured artist is Louisiana songwriter/guitarist Tommy Malone at 8.
www.blackeyedsallys.com

Tonight Manic
Productions presents The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Call it Arson, for a
9:00 show at The Space in Hamden. Tomorrow/Wednesday, Caroline Rose, and
Brian Dolzani, take the stage at Bar in New Haven. On Thursday, they
feature Jessica Lea Mayfield and others at The Ballroom at The Outer Space in
Hamden for a 7:30 show. On Friday at The Ballroom, they bring you The
Budos Band, and Electric Citizen. Saturday’s Ballroom offering is The Primate
Fiasco, along with Elephant Wrecking Ball, and Yojimbo, for an 8:30 show.
On Sunday, the Ballroom stage will feature Moon Hooch, Out of the Beardspace,
and Back from Earth at 8:30. www.manicproductions.org

Tonight at First
Church in Middletown, you’re invited to join a community conversation on the
proposed Middletown Arts Center at First Church at 7 p.m. The discussion
will be led by Trevor Davis and Rev. Julia Burkey. http://www.arts2go.org

At Infinity Hall in
Hartford, Tomorrow night (Wednesday) you can catch Point Break Live, a parody
of the 90’s action blockbuster. Thursday night at Infinity Hartford you
can catch American Country singer/guitarist Jamieson “Junior” Brown. On
Friday, Dave Davies, original founding member of “The Kinks,” takes the
Infinity stage at 8. On Saturday they bring you the Del McCoury Band,
with Bluegrass/country offerings. www.infinityhall.com

At the Russell Library
in Middletown, tomorrow (Wednesday) at 6pm there’s a workshop called “Using
Improv Comedy Techniques for Better Job Interviews.” The Veteran’s Writing
Group meets on Thursday at 7. Also at 7, Resonant Motion presents a Jazz
Performance and Workshop with pianist and educator Noah Baerman.http://www.russelllibrary.org

Realto Café on Rapallo
Ave in Middletown, presents “Caribbean Night” on Saturday November 22nd with
the band “Caribbean Planet” featuring T-Forbes and Patrick Burke (lead Singer
of the band “Cool Running’s”) with a special guest appearance by Sophia Brown
and Music by DJ Tippy Don. More info at 860-995-5094 .

At the Stonington Free
Library this Saturday, Merrill Fellow Adam Wilson reads from his work at 6
p.m. He’s a National Jewish Book Award finalist and
winner of The Terry Southern Prize. A reception follows. http://www.stoningtonfreelibrary.org

There’s a one-woman
pastel show featuring the work of Janine Janaki this Saturday from 11-5 at
deKoven House, 27 Washington St., Middletown. http://www.arts2go.org

Now here's a rundown
of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

At Real Art Ways
in Hartford, the run of “Citizenfour,” Laura Poitras’ documentary of the events
of the Edward Snowden security leak, continues through Thursday. On
Wednesday night they host “Other People’s Stories,” a free event when people
tell stories that someone else told them. On Friday they start a run of
“Diplomacy,” a French drama about Hitler’s plan to destroy Paris in WWII. Also
opening is “Force Majeure,” winner at the Cannes Festival, a wickedly funny
film about a Swedish family on a skiing holiday in the French Alps. On
Saturday there’s a one-time showing of “I Am Eleven,” an Australian documentary
about conversations with 11-year-olds around the world. www.realartways.org

At Cinestudio, Trinity
College’s cinema in Hartford, the run of “Pride,” a film about a group of gay
activists who support striking mineworkers in England in 1984, ends its run
tonight. Tomorrow (Wednesday) Cinestudio begins a run of “My Old Lady,” a comedy starring Maggie Smith
and Kevin Kline about a playwright moving in with an English tutor in
Paris. It runs through Saturday. On Sunday you can see the Bolshoi
Ballet’s performance of “The Pharoah’s Daughter” at 12:55. They open a
run of “The Blue Room,” a French crime drama based on the novel by Georges
Simenon on Sunday, which continues through next week. www.cinestudio.org.

Now here's a rundown
of what's on air on WESU-FM tonight:

Right after the Jive
at Five, stay tuned for Wild Wild Live with Rachie and Hibiki for a sneak peek
into the wild world of live music at Wesleyan.

From 6-6:30pm
it’s The Production Report with Kiley and Allis, who’ll report on entertainment
industry news, deliver predictions, review new movies and shows, and interview
industry professionals.

From 6:30-8pm Acoustic
Blender with Bill Revill presents an eclectic selection of Americana, country,
folk, bluegrass, and other music that has a roots influence. There’s a fairly
comprehensive concert listing at 7pm, live guests on occasion and ticket giveaways
too!

At 8pm The Voice of
the CITY with J-Cherry offers a weekly dose of area artists and musicians of
every genre.

At pm Wonderland
with DJ Cheshire Cat is a free form music show that features everything from
From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic,
punk to prog.

From 10:30-11:30pm its
Undercover with Rebecca Seidel, Bridging genres and generations, by exploring
the concept of inspiration through
imitation.

At 11:30 Call It
Anything with DJ Riela collaborates with current student musicians at Wesleyan,
to play an assortment of music that is tailored around music similar to their
own work.

From 12:30-1:30am The
Late Night Format with Adi Slepack include a topical monologue, entertainment
segments, with guests, and pseudo-"musical
performances".

From 1:30-2:30am stay
tuned for It's Kind of a Funny Story with DJ Tanner for TRUE stories,
music, and poetry all pertaining to a specific word/theme selected for each
episode.

From 2:30-3:30am its
The Blast Zone with Baggins and the G-O who plan to have a wild time
bantering about sports and interviewing student
athletes.

From 3:30-4am
its The Graveyard Shift with DJ Otto Nation for an An eclectic mix of music
from the WESU library.

The BBC world news
service take over at 4am and Morning Edition from NPR

starts our broadcast
day tomorrow at 5am.

And that's all for
today's Jive at Five. If you didn't get a chance to write down some of the
offerings listed in our community calendar, the Jive is posted online at
www.wesufm.org/jive.

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